Five tips for Delivering a Presentation by Hugh E. Williams.
From the post:
I wrote a few weeks ago on writing a presentation. This week, I offer a few thoughts on delivering one – in no particular order. I’m working on my sequel to my post on performance reviews — expect it next week!
Hugh covers:
- Eye Contact
- Body Language
- Don’t Read Notes (or Memorize)
- Don’t Read Slides
- It’s (almost) Impossible to Speak Too Slowly
Same top tips that we covered in my first speech class in high school.
Well, except for the one about reading slides. 😉 It would have been:
Don’t Read the Overhead Slides.
Technology has changed but poor presenting has not.
The same is true for poor sales technique.
Such as trying to sell customers what you are interested in selling, not what the customer is interested in buying.
That sounds like a bad plan to me.